@ "Difference": The board has oversight of just one employee, the Village Manager. Hiring, termination, performance evaluations, etc. of this one employee are the purview of the Village Board. The Village Manager has oversight over all...

Question: Isn't Strikers and Rapids open to kids outside the OPRF area? Also, if this super-team benches more kids, maybe that would only help AYSO, since some of those kids might choose to play in the instructional league.

Hey RayJ, isn't there a special tax, included in the property tax of DTOP properties that every property owner has to pay. And there was a village board level decision on eliminating that tax or not? Of course the board voted for it, because you...

Sophia, with our Board Presidents, leads our Oak Park - River Forest Community Foundation. Sophia makes a difference in the lives of Oak Park and River Forest residents, the success of our youth and a sustainable environment. In many ways Sophia is...

@Dan Haley what is Your criteria? How can anyone evaluate/nominate for that matter - if there is not a clear set of basic criteria. The WJ is jury & judge picking who you think - based on your friends or some hoped for favor in the future...

The amended agreement is legally complicated, similar to that of the 2003 IGA. I'm guessing trustees don't want to be dragged through another lawsuit by blindly following PoJoCo's lead, esp. attorneys Salzman & Tucker. Kevin...

@Ghost, Youth Football is not the answer here as it is cause of later in life problems - due to concussions. Take a look http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/howard/sports/ph-ll-cns-concussions-20111207,0,4377291.story Youth soccer is great, just...